This week the lessons I get are mainly about the problems of
teaching in big classes and using technology as a solution for that problem, interactive
PowerPoint. The activities or tasks for this week are making interactive
PowerPoint, discussion about the use of technology to overcome the problem of
big class and the use of interactive PowerPoint in teaching, progress report of
the class project.
Big class is a common problem most teachers have in their
teaching, but that problem should not have always been persistent due to the
availability of technology that can be implemented in teaching. From the
reading materials given in this week, I learn that there are many tools such as
Blackboard which provide instructors with a form for building online
assessments using different question types., Respondus to create and manage
exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to Blackboard, ANGEL,
Desire2Learn, eCollege, Instructure, Moodle, and other eLearning systems. However,
I am not sure if such tools are for personally managed and used by individual
teacher. It is a bright idea to have such tools, but the policy is on the institution/faculty/unit
which is better managing the program for the teacher to implement it. For me the
solution to the problem of big class is by applying teaching method like group
work, games, group project e.g. PBL, that can be supported by implementation of
technology like interactive PowerPoint like the one I put in Wiki, WebQuest, etc.
Hi Hermanto!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean by the use of those eLearning softwares. Depending on your school, you may need to agree on which one to use or you may have a policy regarding this issue. In my kind of school most teachers have their own blog and only some of them use Moodle or other eLearning environments because for those you need an administrator to take care of it. However, one of our classmates (I can't remember who) told us about Edmodo. I've signed up and used it a bit, so it looks like a good option. That is if your school allows you to make use of it!
On the other hand, I've always admired teachers like you who deal with such big classes!! I really hope you can get lots of useful tips to help you manage in class.
Congrats on your baby too! :)
Hi Patricia!
DeleteYour information about Edmodo is very helpful and amazing. I directly accessed it and signed in and created the webclass using Edmodo for the first time, until I forgot to thank to you for showing the site. Edmodo is excellent and my students' responses to it is very remarkable.
Would you like to be my partner? Feel free to say yes or no.
ReplyDeleteGlenda Torres from Nicaragua.
Hi Glenda!
ReplyDeleteI am ever so sorry for being so late to know your offering me to become your partner. If I knew it in advanced I would be very glad. I was not able to open and check the webskill site in the beginning of the week. I seriously started browsing the tasks and assignments in the webskill site at weekend, so that I am always late to join the discussion, including finding partner for the project. Finally I chose Yoon who didn't get partner until the beginning of this week to become my partner.
Success for you,
Hermanto